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Robert Batten

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Author

The Launchpad Top 25

Today has been a momentous day. Early this morning (Australian time) the latest round of finalists in The Launchpad Manuscript Competition were announced — The Judges’ Top 25. I am ecstatic to confirm Human Resources has been included in this exclusive list! This competition started out with thousands of entries from twenty-four countries. To have HR selected by industry judges as being in the twenty-five best manuscripts from such an impressive cohort has me lost for words. Moving forward, the judges will continue to whittle the finalists down. In a few short weeks they will announce the top 10 and the judges winners! In parallel to that, the crowdfunding competition will continue until 16 December (PST). The three winners of the crowdfunding competition are guaranteed publication, regardless of the results of the main judging process, so please go and support my novel if you haven’t already.